Town hall meeting over proposed Hatboro Wawa set

Tuesday

A town hall meeting is scheduled in Hatboro for residents to weigh in on a preliminary plan for a Wawa with six gasoline pumps proposed for the corner of Horsham and York roads.

The meeting, at 7 p.m. Feb. 28 at Pennypack Elementary School, comes about one month after Wawa representatives pitched the plan to Hatboro Council.

At that Jan. 23 meeting, council was told the plan would entail demolishing the building that houses Spa Escape as well as a closed nursing home and replacing them with a 5,102-square-foot store across from the shuttered Old Mill Inn.

A sketch depicts the gas pumps laid out under canopies closer to York Road and the store directly behind it.

No plans have been filed with the borough and its solicitor, Christen Pionzio, said Monday the idea for the next public meeting is to allow residents to ask questions of Wawa in an informal setting.

Pionzio said she would mediate the meeting, and borough officials said Jan. 23 they planned to also attend the meeting but will sit in the audience with residents.

Initial concerns raised by both council and residents include increased traffic, noise and lights that would be generated from the proposed store.